The failure of Anarcho-Capitalism

[z1235]

@Sieben

Because it can be used both to help and to harm consumers depending on how it is applied.

No, that’s not why. None of your examples satisfy the linked two points (posted for convenience again below).

@Jon Irenicus

I’ve yet to see a valid proposition to the effect that it isn’t, really. So makes two of us.

Of course. See the points below. They are significant to me. They also remain unrefuted to me, after many discussions over the last year. Value is subjective, I guess.

@z1235

Power (force) is not a good/service that is subject to market forces. It’s simply more powerful then them (pun intended).

Unlike all other goods/services…

1. Theoretically: The more power (force) its provider has, the higher the price the customer pays. It’s quite a peculiar “good/service” that way: A higher “supply” of something resulting in a higher price to the consumer – quite unlike the shoes market.

2. Empirically: Power (force) markets seem to unavoidably converge into territorial monopolies. There is no evidence of a free (non-monopolist) market in power (force) while there are plenty of examples of free markets in all other goods/services through history and across mankind.